Adjustable attachment for receptacles.



L. P. BENSON. v ADJUSTABLE ATTACHMENT FOR REGEPTAOLES. APPLICATION :FILED DEC. 18, 1908.

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ADJUSTAIBLE ATTAC'EEIENT FOR RECEPTELGLES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, mos.

duplication filed leeoember lE, 2.908. Boris-l No. eeb,254. I

clarc the following to be a full, clear, and eX'-.

act descri tion of the invention, such as Will enable ot iers skilled in the art to which it ap ertains to make and use the same.

' he invention relates to adjustable attachmcnts for receptacles and more articularly to the class of adjustable bail rings for stone jars or the like.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an adjustable attachment for 18.18 or the like comprising a pair of members adapted to be mounted about the body of a jar, and means for clamping the said members in groper position. on the j ar.

Anot or object of the invention is the pro- ,vision of an adjustable bail ring for jars or the like in which means is provided for permitting the bail ring to be applied to jars of varying sizes, and means for clamping the said ring securel about the bod oi the jar whereby the sat j at can be rais and transgorted from one locality to another by the ail or handle thereof.

With these and other objects in "view the invention consists iu the construction, combination and arrangement-oi arts as will be i hereinafter more fully descri ed, illustrated in the accom anyhg drawin s which disclose the preferre force of embodiment of the invention and as brought out in the appended claims.

it is to be understood that minor changes, variations and modifications may be resorted to such as conic properly Within the scope of the appended claims Without departing iron). the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure Is. is a side elevation of a jar with tnc invention applied thereto. 2 is a erspective view with the bail ring in assembled position. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the adjustable ends of the members iorming the bail ring and the same being disconnected. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of the opposite ends of the members ,showin the clamp means in a position about to iocr the ends together. 5 is a side elevation thereof, partly in section. Fig. 6 is a detail endv iew of one member with the clamping means in eleva' tion and partly in section.

' Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in t is drawings.

In the drawings, the numeral 8 designatesthe body of the jar or other vessel having formed cxteriorly thereof at its mouth portion an annular rib 9, which'jar is of the. usual or ordinary construction. Fitted about the jar 8 immediately below the rib 9 is a bail ring member or attachment com rising semi-annular sections 10 and 11 sec of which is of semi-circular contour in cross section and at one end of the section 10 is formed a loop 12 which receives the adjacent and of the section 11 and a slight distance removed from the said loop and projecting from the inner face of the section 10 is a lug 13 which latter is adapted to enter any one of a series of openings 14 contained in the adj acent end of the'section 11 so as to adjustably secure the said adjacent ends of the sections together. At the op osite end of the section 11 are formed space eyes 15, the same bent from a'wire forming a yieldable bridge piece 16 the free ends of which are secured to the section 11 and which bridge piece has formed therein offset portions 17 to which latter are hinged the lower ends or inner extremities of. the legs 18 of an inverted U-shaped yoke member 19. i

Formed on the legs 18 a considerable distance removed from their hinged connection with the bridge piece 16 are eyes 20 to which are hinged as at 21 theextremities of a catch member in the form of a U-shaped yoke 22 the latter having formed on its cross piece 23 a hook or bill 24 the same adapted to be brought into engagement with any one of a Secured at points intermediate the ends of the sections 10 and 11 respectively, and arranged at diametrically op osite localities are perforated cars 26 to W ich is flexibly connected a bail member or handle 27 to per-- mit the jar to be readily handled and trans ported from one locality to another.

It is obvious that by the adjustable 0011 nections of the ends of the sections 10 and 11 the bodies of erimte sized 0; receptacles. Also when the sections are disposed about a, jar the same (zen be securely clamped. thereto.

What is claimed is 1. An attachment of the class described comprising a pair a? semiennular members, each of Silld members containing a series of 0 enings at one end thereof, and means on t e opposite ends of the members adapted to adjustablty engege the openings to clamp the said members about the body of a receptacle.

-2. An attachment of the class described comprising semi-annular sections each con tainmg at one end thereof a series of openings, e 100;) formed on one section to freely receive the adjacent end of theother section,

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a leg on one eeetion and adapted to engage ene of the openings in the other section to 'edjustebly connect the sections together, ciemp catch means carried by one of tee sections and adopted. to enge e the openings in the odf'acent end of the ot er section to edjustab y connect the adiacent remaining ends of the sections, and a tail connected to the sections.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

LENUS P. BENSON. 

